Summary: They’re so cute! And
the poor things are hungry! Just look at how desperate they are! Why else would
they dare to break into Magda’s kitchen? So China and DeeDee decide to leave
scraps out in the woods for the bears. If they are fed well – and away from the
campers, surely they’ll leave the camp alone, right? Now if only they could
solve their problems with Dr. Hamilton as easily! The man is rude and arrogant
and a downright jerk! He seems to look down on them merely because of their
age. And the girls are getting really sick of his insults! There has to be a way
to show him that teenagers can be responsible and make good decisions! But how?

Notes: Project Black Bear is the third in
the seven book China Tate series about a tenth grade girl whose parents are
missionaries in Guatemala.
She has returned to the states to spend a summer with an aunt, hoping to find a
place to fit in. She finds her place at Camp Crazy Bear and winds up staying
and working in the kitchen for the summer. The series tells of the adventures
she has in friendship and learning responsibility.

In this third book China and
DeeDee learn the hard way the importance of obedience. In chapel, they hear a
message about the importance of obeying God – even when they don’t understand
why the command is there. But they fail to apply it to the “Obey your parents
and those in authority over you” commands. So they feed the bears they have
been specifically commanded to not feed and the bears get used to human food
and seek it out and someone gets hurt because of their actions. They get all
mad at Dr. Hamilton for viewing them as irresponsible and yet prove him right
through their disobedience. They get excellent advice at the end from Kemper
who tells them to take responsibility for their mistake, confess it and let it
go instead of accepting the idea that they have to be stupid and worthless
because they messed up. He quotes Romans 8:28 to them (And we know
that in all things God works for the goodof
those who love him, whohave been calledaccording
to his purpose) and challenges them to look for how
God can use this tragedy for good. He also explains that good doesn’t mean
happy. They don’t have to be happy about the tragedy, just be able to move on
from it to see how God can work in it.

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